Accepting the prime minister’s challenge, Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami has put forward a four-point reform proposal to resolve the ongoing energy crisis, including forming a “National Emergency Energy Cell” with stakeholders. The party has also proposed considering giving the boards of state-owned Petrobangla and Bapex the authority to approve emergency workover and repair work within a set financial limit.
Jamaat-e-Islami Secretary General Mia Golam Parwar presented these proposals at an emergency press conference held Sunday evening, August 16, on the ongoing energy crisis and the resulting situation.
Jamaat’s other proposals include publicly disclosing when the Rooppur base-load plant (nuclear power station) will begin production and what its tariff will be; establishing a standing evaluation system for emergency tender assessment; and introducing a single oversight system for priority projects. The party has also proposed regularly publishing information on which files are stuck where and for how long. Jamaat has called for progress on implementing these initiatives to be presented to the nation within 90 days.
At the press conference, Mia Golam Parwar alleged that the government is shifting blame onto the opposition to cover its own failures. He said the opposition had submitted a 10-point proposal to the government three months ago to address the energy crisis. He said these proposals remain on the government’s table, but instead of implementing them, the government has been making various remarks about the opposition, which he called unwelcome and regrettable.
Criticizing the head of government’s remark that “the opposition was not in the field for 17 years,” Mia Golam Parwar said the prime minister did not see Jamaat-e-Islami in the field because he was not in the country at the time. He said so many lives were lost, people were hanged — the whole world saw it, but the current government did not.
He said the opposition does not want to see the government fail. He said political differences may exist, but the response to the energy crisis should be a transparent competition.
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